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J.. N. WIGLE. MAGAZINE CAMERA.

$10,544,493. Patented Aug. 13,1895.

w and on its under side it carries a circular rack- UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE.

. JEDUTHUN N. -WIGLE, or RUTHVEN, CANADA.

. I-MAGAZIN E-CAME-RA.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 544,493, dated August 13, 1895. i Application filed No tember 27,1894. Serial No. 530,122. (No model.)

'.T0 alll whozn it. may concern:

Be it known that I, J EDUTHUN WIGLE, as'ubject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Ruthven, in the county of Essex and Province'of Ontario, Canada, have invented ,certain new and useful Improvements in Mag- ,azine-Cameras, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction, arrangement, and operation-of a magazine-camera whereby the transfer from the magazine to the place of exposureis ac- -complished in a very simple and efiicient manner, while at the same time the operator has independent control over every plate in the magazine singly, and which also permits of presenting the plate for exposurewiththe I longest dimension in horizontal lineor in verscribed.

tical line,

all as more fully hereinafter de- In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of my improved magazine-camera with parts of the casing broken away to show the interior construction of some of the parts.

Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on line we: of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail section online y 'yiin- Fig. 3. Fig. 5'

isa detail horizontal section on line ZeinFig. 1. Fig.6 is a detached perspective view of a part of a'1ockin'gplate, as indicated by the letters of reference.

My improved-camera is represented in the drawings in the particular form in which it is adapted for studio use, and its'constructionis as follows. j p I A is a dark box the top of which formsa table, upon which the cameraB is mounted in such a mannerthatitsrear frame 0 is fixed over a slot 0' in the top of the table about midway-of the box, and for the purpose of fo-' cusing the front frame D is made sliding in any suitable manner. 'The drawings, to this end, show a fixed rack-bar E, which engages a pinion .F, whifilncarries the front frame D; sliding along thejgnide-bar G. The pinion F is revolved by a shaftwhich has a suitable hand-wheel F' convenient;- for turning it.

The front framed) carries within it, secured .end of the bellows and thelens is secured,

.on trunnions, the frame D, to which the front bar D which engages withthepinionDi all so arranged that by the manipulation of the blitton D mounted on the shaft of the pinion D the inclination of the frame'D can be ad justed to any desired angle, accomplishing thus the same result as in the ordinary construction-where the rearend is made sliding and provided with means for inclining it.

face with the usual hinged door 0 for the held in position between two with a rim L, the edges of which project be- .yondthe disk and engage into corresponding grooves in the partitions I I. The glassH is held movably in the openingof, the disk by The rear frame 0 isprovided upon its rear.

6-. vertical partia tions I I.- To this end thedisk K is provided means of two fiat springs a, which are secured.

at their ends I) at-opposite-sides of the opening in the disk, while in the center, at 0, they are secured to the screen, all so arranged that,

the s'creen may be pressed rearwardly some distance out of the way by the plate when drawn in position,.as will be more fully hereinafter described.

The sides of the disk Kare preferably made of metal plates d d, the latter of which preferably forms guide-flanges d for the screen around the opening in-the disk. The opening in the disk communicates with the slot in'the table, and along two sides of it are formed vertical guides e, into which engage the vertical rods ff, which are united on top at their upper ends by a cross-bar g.

M is a plate-holding box which is of a size tobe introduced through the rear opening of the dark-box A' and be moved horizontally along the same. This box is closed on top with a sliding cover N, provided with, a crossbar N, the ends of which project beyond the sides of the box and are adapted to engage into notches N? formed on the inner wall of the dark-box. The box. is further. provided, .on one side with a rack-bar O and a stop 0.

On the insidethe plate-holding box is provided with vertical guides adapted to hold in position a horizontal series of individual plate-holders P. 7 These plate-holders are made tapering at their upper ends P, and upon the sides, near the upper end, they are provided with notches P adapted to engage with the hooked-shaped lower ends f of the rodsff'. The dark-box is provided upon its rear end with a hinged door Q, to the inner face of which is secured the keeper R, which is shown in detached perspective view in Fig. 6. To

, the inner wall of the box, adjacent to the rack a which has been held out of engagement by the plate-holding box, is freed to engage with its on the plate-holdin g box, is pivotally secured, at S, the lever S, which carries at its inner end the gear-wheel T, adapted to on age with the rack-bar O, and provided with crank- .handle T", arranged on the outside of t darkbox, for turning the gear-wheel T, and Forming at the same time a pointer, in connection with the index-plate T secured to the outside of the dark-box. The rear end of the lever S extends in proximity to the door Q and is adapted to engage into a notch r formed in the keeper-R. The latter is provided with a hook '1", adapted to engage with a hook on the spring r secured to the wall of the dark-box and provided with a shoulder W, as shown in Fig. 5.

Theplateholdingboxis slidinglysupported within the dark-box, free to be moved therein from end to end. It is guided in any suitable manner, such as by means of the guide rails U and wheels V secured on thebox.

The parts being arranged as shown and described, they are intended to operateas follows: The plate-holding box being supplied with the plate-holders P, and with the slitting cover N closed, is introduced into the'darkbox A. When the plate-holding box is within the dark-box the stop 0 will strike against, the upper end of the arm S" on the lever S,

as shown in Fig. 2,and arrest the farther introduction of the box. In. now closing the door Q of the dark-box, the keeper R will act against the rear end of the lever S and dethe entire length of'the dark-box. In thus moving the plateholding box thecoverN is held in position by the engagement of the cleat N'into the notches N and the spring r",

hook into' the hook rof the keeper, and thus lock the door Q. To withdraw a plate-holder from the plate-holding box the operator uses the device formed of the rods ff and the cross-bar g, and which constitutes 'the' platecarrier. This plate-carriages will be seen,

can be moved vertically up anddown through the disk K, and when it is lowered to its full. extent, as shown in Fig. 3, the lower ends of the rods ff are in a position toengage withthe notches-P in the plate-h0lders,and'as thev index '1 on the outside ofifthe-box gives the true indication of the position of every plateholder, the'operator can radilyperfect the engagement of any desired plate with the I 544,4es

cross-bar 9 he draws 'the plate in position,

pushing at the same time the focusing-glass rearwardly out of the way, and after exposure he can lower the plate back in the magazine to its old place, or wherever he chooses to place it, as it will 'be' seen that the operator has absolute'con'trol over the whole plateholding box. Should it be desired to turn the plate through an angle of ninety degrees so as toexpose it lengthwise, all he need to do is to rotate the disk K a quarter of a revolution after the plate is drawn in position, and to this end the outer frame (1 is suitably slotted to permit the passage of the plate-carrier through the slot into the position shown in dotted-lines in Fig. 3.- To'facilitat'e the with- .drawal of the plate-holder from the plateholding box, the index should indicate the intermediate position in which the carrier may be lowered in the space in front of each plate, whereby a small further movement of the plate-holding box bringsfth'e plate and platejcarrier into proper engagement.

Inconstructing the apparatus, it is'obvlous in said box, means for sliding the'box to register. the pleteholding frames with the slot in thetableythe camera mounted upon the table with the rear end of its exposure chamher in fixed relation thereto and rovided with a slot, communicating with a a ct in the tog table, plate holders in the box-having notches in their sides and a vertically movable car rier in the rear. end of the exposure chamber comprising two united parallel bars having inwardly extending projections at their lower ends arranged to engage in the notches of the holders and adapted to-be projected below magazine, substantially as a the table into the described. I 2; The combination of a table provided with a slot, the camera mounted thereon with the remand of. its exposure chamber in fixed re lationtoand communicating with the slot in" the table; vertical guides in the rear ends of the exposure chamber, plate holding device's adapted for insertion through the slot in the taeach having side notches therein a magazine containing said plate holding frames and movably mounted below the slot in the table to register the plate holdingtdevices IIO dale and to engage between said verticalguides,

with the slot and a vertically movable carrier operating in the-planejof .the guides and adapted to be projected below the table into rier and plate holding frame, comprising two vertical bars having inwardly extending proections on their lower ends arranged to on- 1 o the magazine, and means for engaging the car- I J peeringincrement magsrmesggube nnany zs d sctibefl-jfl-11" on:

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